Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-06-09
KINGS AND QUEENS. >
GOSSIP ABOUT QUEEN kAPloLANi
AND OTHER ROYAL MONARcHS.

GOSSIP ABOUT QUEEN KAPloLANi
AND OTHER ROYAL MONARcHS.
A Look at Queen Victoria and Her In
come-Other Kings and Queens on the
Half shell-How Royalty Impressed Our
Correspondents.
Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, June /.
Queen Kapiolani has not left a very heavy
impression upon Washington, and society is
still laughing over the ridiculous incidents of
her visit. 1t is hard indeed for an American
to perceive the divinity that doth hedge a
king or queen, and 1 find that the expert
ence of most travellers corresponds with my
| own. ] have seen within the past five years
half dozen reigning monarchs and a
bakers dozen Of princes and princesses, and 1
must confess that the royal blood seems to
flow through very common clay. Last fall
saw Queen Victoria at Edinburgh and heard
the faint applause of the $4,000 people who
stood along the sidewalks as she drove by on
her way to the exposition. 1 looked for
dignity, grace and features which should
shine with Intellectual and queenly strength.
l saw a stout old woman, with a rosy
face, uninteresting features and dark gray
hair. If she had great intellectual strength
it did not show forth in her face, and you
may see better faces at any reception in
America OF in a half days shopping Victoria
sat with her daughters in a double seated
carriage hauled by four horses, and
half dozen lords and dukes rode in
front of and behind her. She Strengthened
nv, both el,a l,n.,
bowed their heads like so many Chinese dolls
in response to the cheers Of the crowd. The
Princess Beatrice sat beside her and her bus
band, blonde mustached German nr;nce
was in the same carriage. As looked at her
thought of the little influence she really had
in the English government and how much the
English government paid for her, She has
palaces all over the kingdom. aud In Scotland
one of her estates contains 10000 acres, Her
family costs the English government more
than $4,000, 600 year, and her private purse.
which is voted to her by parliament, amounts
to S3OO,OOO annually. She alone receives
nearly 100000 annually, and she has at the
same time immense private fortunes. which
bring her i'll hundreds of thousands more
The English people are beginning to feel that
they pay good deal for their crown and
while the queen drove along these Edinburgh
streets l heard number of remarks. in
which the words taxes and republic were used
III close come ction.
1t was at Coblence on the Rhine that T Soy
King William, of Prussia He had been
spending several weeks at the water cure at
Ems, where he goes every year, and he was
now about to make visit here before he re-
turned to Berlin. The city was decorated
with flags and bunting in his honor. and his
palace, for he, like Queen Victoria, has palaces
scattered all over his realm, bad been mt in
order for his coming 1t had a special
railroad station inside its walls, and il wos
here that l stood in the dripping rain one
sunday afternoon among crowd of about
l,0oO people who wanted to see the king. We
were Kept in order 10y pompous officials
dressed III gorgeous uniforms. They delighted
IN showing their authority, and pushed us
mere ana there while we waited for the train.
Alter nan hours standing we heard the
whis'ie OIL locomotive, and a moment later
Tn, train came in. Before the window of ono
OF Its first class carriages stood plainly
dressed, well preserved, gray haired man
with as kind face as l have ever soon H.
wore cap like common soldier. and his
dress was devoid of gold lace and brass Init.
tons. AS the crowd saw him they set nm q
cheer, ard the old man bowed with a SMILE
This was Kaiser Wilhelm the man who de-
Ieated Louis Napoleon, founded the great
German empire, and still holds his position az
one OF the leading, if not the greatest. mon
arch OF the world. No nobler man sits uno,,
a throne at the present time and Gernanv
mas reason to love Kaiser Wilhelm. A sim
PIE pam old man, he has done wonders for
uerhahy, ana Prussia under his admiujstra-
'loh has made great strides in both civilian
ton and wealth. King Wilhelm does NOT
need fine clothes to make him great, and no
Is generally clad as I saw him there in
simple soldiers clothes. He is the oldest sal.
uier III the German army Of to-day, and an,
tod he Is as proud of this fact as of his i'm
Peilal power. visited his favorite palace at |
TotSdain and went through Babclsbnrg. This
P@iate Is furnished like An American home. |
ana the article Which the king prizes above |
.ne otleis Is plain white chair which stands
IN his bedroom. 1t was made by his son tbe
crown prince, and was his master piece in
learning the trade of cabinet making, The |
Germans as rule are fond of their children
and Kaiser Wilhelm is no execution Ua
likes other children as well as his own. and |
many anecdotes are told in illustration of |
this. -.
mere Is flower which grows among the
wheat IN Germany known as the corn flower.
OF KAISER BMnen. II grows wild and it has |
me petals OF our dandelion, but its color is n
Diieht navy blue Kaiser Blumen means in
English 'emperors flower" and it is from
Kaiser W Wilhelm that the name comes. Two !
iittle peasant children had heard that the
klng loved this flower, and they had been told
OF his kindness TO little ones. One day thew
gathered large bouquet of these flowers and
Went all alone, several miles, into Berlin in
tending TO present them to the king. After
much trouble they reached the door of the
palace, where the guard, dressed in his COR
geonS uniform, stood. They managed in great
trembling to tell their story, and thought at !
nrst this splendid man was the king. He
heard them through and was about sending
them home when plain, kind Old man came
out and asked them what they wanted The
nerce guard stood back at his approach. They
told their story again, and he taking their
flowers, asked them in and told them to sit
down and he would present the flowers to the
king. lie then went away In moment a
gorgeous guard appeared and told the Chi dren
the king wanted 10 see them He led them